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Shock Therapy

Daniel talks with Martha Manning, psychologist and author of "Undercurrents: A Therapist's Reckoning with Her Own Depression," (HarperSanFrancisco) which recounts her descent into a debilitating depression and her decision to undergo electro-shock therapy as a last resort. She says the treatment, sometimes considered outdated by professionals like herself, helped her regain her ability to function in the world.

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